Haïm Brezis
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Haïm Brezis is a French
mathematician
who works in functional analysis
and partial differential equation
s.
Born in Riom-ès-Montagnes
, Cantal
, France. Brezis is the son of Romanian
immigrant father, who came to France
in the 1930s, and his mother is a Jew who fled from Holland. His wife, Michal Govrin, a native Israeli, working as a novelist, poet, and theater director. Brezis received his Ph.D. from the University of Paris
in 1972 under the supervision of Gustave Choquet
. He is currently a Professor at the Pierre and Marie Curie University
and a Visiting Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University
. He is a member of the Academia Europaea
(1988) and a foreign associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences
(2003). He holds honorary doctorates at several universities.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
who works in functional analysis
Functional analysis
Functional analysis is a branch of mathematical analysis, the core of which is formed by the study of vector spaces endowed with some kind of limit-related structure and the linear operators acting upon these spaces and respecting these structures in a suitable sense...
and partial differential equation
Partial differential equation
In mathematics, partial differential equations are a type of differential equation, i.e., a relation involving an unknown function of several independent variables and their partial derivatives with respect to those variables...
s.
Born in Riom-ès-Montagnes
Riom-ès-Montagnes
Riom-ès-Montagnes is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.-Population:-References:*...
, Cantal
Cantal
Cantal is a department in south-central France. It is named after the Cantal mountain range, a group of extinct, eroded volcanic peaks, which covers much of the department. Residents are known as Cantaliens or Cantalous....
, France. Brezis is the son of Romanian
Romanians
The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....
immigrant father, who came to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in the 1930s, and his mother is a Jew who fled from Holland. His wife, Michal Govrin, a native Israeli, working as a novelist, poet, and theater director. Brezis received his Ph.D. from the University of Paris
University of Paris
The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...
in 1972 under the supervision of Gustave Choquet
Gustave Choquet
Gustave Choquet was a French mathematician.Choquet was born in Solesmes, Nord. His contributions include work in functional analysis, potential theory, topology and measure theory...
. He is currently a Professor at the Pierre and Marie Curie University
Pierre and Marie Curie University
The Paris VI University , or the Pierre and Marie Curie University , is a university located on the Jussieu Campus in the Latin Quarter of the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France....
and a Visiting Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
. He is a member of the Academia Europaea
Academia Europaea
Academia Europæa is a European non-governmental scientific academy founded in 1988. Its members are scientists and scholars who collectively aim to promote learning, education and research. It publishes European Review through Cambridge Journals....
(1988) and a foreign associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
(2003). He holds honorary doctorates at several universities.
Works
- Opérateurs maximaux monotones (1973)
- Analyse Fonctionnelle. Théorie et Applications (1983)
- Haïm Brezis. Un mathématicien juif. Entretien Avec Jacques Vauthier. Collection Scientifiques & Croyants. Editions Beauchesne, 1999. ISBN 9782701013550, ISBN 270-1013356
- Functional Analysis, Sobolev Spaces and Partial Differential Equations, Springer; 1st Edition. edition (November 10, 2010), ISBN 978-0387709130, ISBN 0387709134